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[torkell]

Is it just me, or does the theme to Schindler's List sound like that for Harry Potter?

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[shebit.livejournal.com]

Egad, man! Are you accusing the fine Mr Williams of repeating himself?

[torkell]

*checks artist on the two*

Didn't spot they were by the same artist, merely that the strings played the same tune in both. Makes sense now that I spot that.

Another fun one I spotted is that the Lost Woods theme from Zelda, when played on a violin, has a moment when it sounds almost exactly like part of the soundtrack to the original Charlie in the Chocolate Factory.

[shebit.livejournal.com]

Williams does all of Spielberg's scores, and did the original Potter film but I think others have done the subsequent ones, stealing his themes. Much as the guy who score Superman Returns did - people like pinching John Williams' stuff.

Zelda stole from Willy Wonka?

[torkell]

Probably not - the matching part is only a few notes long, and I'd have never noticed it if it wasn't for elemnar playing it on a violin.

[shebit.livejournal.com]

Dammit, now I have stuff from Willy Wonka stuck in my head. Ah, Gene Wilder, you old, purple-suited nutter.